Hot or Not? Dodge Challenger Vinyl Tops

To honor the first-generation Dodge Challenger, some owners of the current model are asking auto upholstery shops to install vinyl tops on their roofs.

They’ve even gone so far as to use original boar-grain vinyl – though I’d like to see a version with the more rare alligator-grain vinyl. While some shops are using color-key molding to finish the vinyl on the quarter panels, others are opting for the chrome appearance of Vicar’s mock-top molding.

Personally, I wouldn’t do it if it was my car, but the customer’s always right – right?

What do you think? Tell us in the comments section below. If vinyl tops aren’t your thing? How about a custom convertible top?

Back in the seventies, when I started in the auto trim business, I was installing an average or six vinyl tops a day on new cars. I don’t particularly like the look of a vinyl top on the new Challenger, but a resurgence of a trend is always good for business.

I think it looks great. I was wondering how it would look and now I know! I was looking at YouTube and this guy got a totalled Challenger that was hail damage he put rhino liner on the car to cover the damage. It would of been cheaper to put on a vinyl top and replace the hood and tunk than do what he did.